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Bug 85238 - Dragged URLs to the desktop don't open with a web browser
Dragged URLs to the desktop don't open with a web browser
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 81615
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
0.x.x [obsolete]
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-06-14 07:27 UTC by srn
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.0


Description srn 2002-06-14 07:27:37 UTC 
I suspect this is a gnome-vfs bug, but I'm not sure.

If I drag a link from galeon to the desktop, then double click on it, it
opens (as text) in nautilus.

So, I went to the desktop preferences->Advanced->File Types and Programs
and added a http handler. When I reopened this preferences thing, the
handler didn't appear anywhere! However, I can see it in
.gnome/application-info/user.applications. Subsequently, the URL on the
desktop is still opened as text in a nautilus window, rather than in the
http handler.

This used to work under 1.4 - am I doing the wrong thing, or is it broken?
Comment 1 Luis Villa 2002-06-27 17:15:08 UTC 
Old bug. :/

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 81615 ***